Rail-fastening means.



' W. S. M AGEE & 0. R. MOGARREN.

RAIL FASTENING MEANS.

APIILIOATILO'NVFILED 001'. 7, 1914.

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To all whom it may mom Be it known, that we, M ILLIAM S. Mann andCHARLES all, MCGARREN', citizens of the United States, residing atFenelton and lVest Winfield, respectively, in the county of Butler andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and'use'fulrlmproveinents in Rail-Fastening Means, of which the followingis a specification, reference thereof between which the base flanges of.the

being bad to the accompanying drawings.

-'This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railfastening means and .more particularly to the fastening means way tiesand fasteners, which was filed July 29th, 1914, Serial Number 853,902;the main improved tie described and illustrated in the above notedapplication, wherein the rails which are mounted upon the ties willbesecurely-held against any lateralor lonitudinal movement.

Another objectof the present invention "is the provision of a railfastener of the above character which will possess advantages in pointsof efiiciency and durability, is inexpensive ,to manufacture and, atvthesame time, is simple in construction and operation. I a

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangeelevation, partsof the tie and fastener'being illustrated in section Fig. 3 is a topplan view of'the chair plate; and Fig. 4: is a dev tail perspective viewillustrating a slightlyssmodifiedform of the fastener,

'2 bolts-being illustrated in cross sectron'.

In carrying out our invent on, l ndicates the fastening iii eneral thebase of the tie which is pre erably er the. same form as illustratedinour prior application and which is formed of' metal and includes thebase portion 2' and the upright portion 3, upon which the body i; of theat is mounted. The body of disclosed. in my pending-application on rail--placed in position.

adapted to be used in connection with myv ment ofparts as will behereinafter referred Specification of Letters Patent. Fatgnted 12 1915,Application and October 7, 1914. sale at. 865,556. v

the tieis provided upon its upper face at each end thereof, with theserratedteeth 5, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully setforth. Mounted upon the tie at each end thereof, are the rail chairs'fiwhich form suitable seats for the rails 7 and include the base membershaving longitudinal'flanges 9 formedupon' the upper face rails areadapted to bedisposed. The ends of the chairs 6 are'provided withdownwardly. extending transverse flanges 10 which are adapted to engageupon opposite sides of the body of the tie to prevent longi- 7 tudinalmovement-cf. the chairs after being It will be noted that the lowerfaces-of the rail chairs 6 are provided with serrations 11 which areadapted for engagement 7'5 with the serrations 5 formed upon the body ofthe tie to prevent lateral movement of the rail chairsafter being placedin position. In order to retain the rails in position and securely holdthem against any lateral or 30 tilting movement, the rail fasteners 12are web portion of the rail and'alsoto engage beneath the tread portion,as clearly illustrated in Fig. ,1. Formed integral with the body portion13, is a downwardly projecting flange 15, the lower edge of which isser- I rated, as shown at 16, whereby it will engage with the serrations5 upon the upper face of the bodyof 'the'tie to securely hold thefastenors against lateral movement.

' The rail fastenersl-Q are'further-secured in position by means ofbolts 17 which are. extended up through the body of the tie, throughsuitable recesses 18 inthe sides of the chairs 6, thenceupwardly-through-tlte horizontal portion 13 of the rail fastenerslw 12and'suiteble .nuts 19 are threaded upon the upper ends thereof wherebyto securely retain the rail fasteners in their effective positions.

in Fin modified form of the invention, wherein the rail fastener, asshown, is constructed to adaptthe same for connection to the meetingends of two rails and in this formof g fastener, the horizontal or bodyportion 13 4:, we have illustrateda slightly 1,06..

and the flange 14 are extended longitudinally so as to bear against thebase flanges of the rails and also abut against the web portionsthereof, whereby they may be secured in positionyby means of thetransverse bolts 20. The downwardly extending por tions 15' which arearranged in spaced"re-' lation, are adapted to bear against the upperfaces of the bodies of the ties to retain the rails against lateralmovement, as herein set forth.- From this it will be apparent that thedevicenot only retains the rails in posi tion upon the ties, but at thesame-time, connects the meeting ehis of two rails and securely retainsthem against ahylateralmovement Whatever.

. It will be noted that by having the openings 18'elongated in form, therail .cha'irs 12 may be readily adjusted laterally with respect to eachother, according to the gagewith various other forms of ties.'

The device, as herein shown and described, is extremely simple inconstruction and can be manufactured and placed upon the niarket at acomparatively low cost.

While we have shown and described the preferred form of our invention,it will be obvious that various changes inthe details of constructionand in the-proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying ourinvention into practice, without sacrificing any of the novel featuresor departing from the scope of the invention, as definedby the appendedclaim,

aving thus described this invention, What we claim is z- A. deviceof theclass described including a tie provided upon' its -upper face withtransverse serrations, rail ,chairs' mounted upon said tie and havingserrations adapted for engagement with the serrations on the tie, saidrailchairs having upwardly extending flanges formed upon thelongitudinal edges thereof upon the upper face and downwardly projectingflanges at the ends thereof, fastening means including a'horizontal bodyportion having a downwardly depending flange upon one edge thereof,serrations formed upon the lower edge of said flange-to engage theserrations on l the tie, an upwardly projecting flange formed on thebody of the fastener and adapted to be arranged parallel with thewebs ofthe rails, bolts extending through 'the upper flanges and throughthewebs of the-rails, and bolts extending through the tie and through thebody of the fastener, whereby to securely retain the rails in position.

In testimony whereof Wehereunto afiix our signatures in" the presenceoftwo wit- IIGSSQS. 7

WILLIAM S. MAGEE. CHARLES R. MCCARREN. 'lVitnesses:

WM. A. MAGEE,

P. M. MCCARREN.

